Imploy vs. Employ: Decoding the Right Spelling

To occupy oneself by undertaking a task.

Engaging someone’s services for wages.

Making use of something in an effective manner.

Making use of available resources or skills.

To provide work to (someone) for pay

To engage the attention or activity of; occupy

To put (something) to use or service

To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose

The state of being employed

(Archaic) An occupation.

The state of being an employee; employment.

(obsolete) The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.

(obsolete) Occupation.

To hire (somebody for work or a job).

To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).

To make busy.

To inclose; to infold.

To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; - often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.

To occupy; as, to employ time in study.

That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.

The state of being employed or having a job;

Put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Engage or hire for work;

To give someone a paid position.